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Meaning of brisure | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/

Definitions

Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
A mark of cadency or difference.

Equivalents

Français brisure

Examples

“The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]”

“But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Brisvegan Brisvegas Brit brit ben Brit Brit brit chayim